I will certainly join the critics who complain that there wasn't enough
about this show that was original. I will forever wonder why Dan Curtis
keeps thinking that telling the same story over again will satisfy the
audience that couldn't get enough of the original series; we were hoping
for
some new stories.

That having been said, the revisions made to the original character
relationships were a definite improvement and the program was very well
cast. Jonathan Frid is a tough act to follow as Barnabas, but Ben Cross
did
an excellent job. As for Adrian Paul, the moment I laid eyes on him I
knew
he was star material. I will admit to having been disappointed that
certain
female characters, especially Angelique, were inadequately
developed.

Another thing about this program that could have been adjusted was
allowing
the Collins family to have had some earlier generations in the U.S. I
suspect that one of the reasons the original series ran out of ideas was
the
need to keep the time-traveling to discrete generations of the family and,
with Barnabas having been born in the second half of the 18th century,
they
ran out of those rather quickly. This, of course, assumes that he could
only go back as far as his original mortal life...

If you enjoyed this show anyway, check out HIGHLANDER [the series, that
is].
It gives us Adrian Paul at his best with lots of historical
flashbacks.

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